On Wednesday - a day when most of the news was about the snowstorm - Tamaqua turkey farmer Duane Koch made the CBS Evening News in a special investigation segment about the use of antibiotics in livestock. Koch strolled around his farm and through his turkey barn filled with the white feathered birds with news anchor Katie Couric as they discussed the issue toward the end of the segment.

Koch’s Turkey Farms is one of the few farms in the United States that doesn't put antibiotics in the animal's feed and hasn't for 14 years. Koch told Couric that the farm uses "higher quality feed" and give the birds more space to make them healthier. He said his 18 farms are more profitable since he stopped using antibiotics to promote growth and prevent disease.

"We get weights close to what we were getting from growth hormones," he told her.

Couric said in her report that Europe discontinued using antibiotic in livestock in 2006 because of studies that have shown a link between animals given antibiotics and an increase of antibiotic-resistant diseases in peopel who eat the animals.

Liz Wagstrom of the National Pork Board told Couric the US is resisting a ban on antibiotics because they think it will increase the costs of the meat and create more sick and dying animals.

However Koch said the increase is small and his antibiotic-free turkey costs $1.40 a pound compared to $1.20 a pound for regular turkey.